Travel RN- Behavioral Health 12hr Nights

Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (RN)

The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to patients experiencing mental health, behavioral, and substance-use conditions. The RN is responsible for assessing patients, developing and implementing individualized plans of care, administering medications and treatments, maintaining a safe therapeutic environment, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ mental, emotional, behavioral, and physical health status.
• Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care.
• Administer medications and treatments and monitor patient response.
• Perform suicide, self-harm, violence, withdrawal, and elopement risk assessments.
• Recognize and respond promptly to behavioral and medical emergencies.
• Use therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, and de-escalation techniques.
• Monitor patients for changes in mood, behavior, cognition, and physical condition.
• Maintain a safe, structured, and therapeutic environment.
• Participate in treatment planning, patient education, and discharge preparation.
• Educate patients and families regarding medications, coping strategies, treatment plans, and community resources.
• Coordinate care with psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Complete timely and accurate documentation.
• Follow all patient-safety and infection-prevention standards.

Qualifications

• Active, unencumbered RN license in state of assignment Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• Crisis prevention and intervention certification if required by the facility.
• Minimum of one year of recent Behavioral Health, Psychiatric, or Mental Health nursing experience.
• Experience caring for patients with mental health, behavioral, or substance-use conditions.
• Strong assessment, therapeutic communication, crisis intervention, de-escalation, and critical-thinking skills.
• Why Work with Fidelity On Call?
• Join a trusted healthcare staffing team with more than 30 years of experience.
• We offer competitive pay, personalized support, quality assignments, comprehensive benefits (Day 1 Coverage), and 24/7 assistance from a team that truly has your back.
• Schedule 12 hr.
• Night Shifts-36hrs weekly Every other weekend Every other holiday Start Date: 2-3 weeks from offer